SI.com · Sep 27, 2021
THIRD QUARTER: FRESH UNBEATENS VS. THE ESTABLISHMENT
Forty names, games, teams and minutiae making news in college football, where USC can look terrible no matter who the coach is:
A lot of teams that are uncharacteristically undefeated at this point in the season are facing major prove-it games this weekend. Congratulations to those teams for getting this far without a loss, but now the going gets tougher. The field of conference and playoff contenders could get a sharp whittling down after this slate of games. The Dash looks at nine contests that match a rising program against one that has been around for a while.